​Working as a reporter loyal to the crown, or as a patriot, research one historical figure from the Colonial/Revolutionary periods. After learning about that person, write a biographical profile, or a basic interview.

It is important that you first research the person, because you want to highlight the historical figures' accomplishments (or failures!), his or her unique role in the Revolution, or whatever makes this person historically important to the American Revolution in your newspaper article, and you also need to figure out how a reporter sympathetic to a specific cause would think about the individual and their role or actions in the war.

For a Who's Who profile, a few ideas:

Place and date of birth

Schooling, jobs, other interests

How did she or he get involved in the war?

Is he or she married? Have children?

​Notable actions or roles in the war

For an interview, write a few paragraphs pretending you a reporter sitting down for a chat. You'll want to ask questions that will prompt interesting answers, For instance, if you are interviewing Paul Revere, you could wonder about his life and job outside of being a Patriot and the events of April 18 & 19, 1775: how did you become a silversmith? where is your workshop? were you involved in the Boston Tea Party?

For a Who's Who profile, a few ideas:Place and date of birthSchooling, jobs, other interestsHow did she or he get involved in the war?Is he or she married? Have children?​Notable actions or roles in the war

For an interview, write a few paragraphs pretending you a reporter sitting down for a chat. You'll want to ask questions that will prompt interesting answers, For instance, if you are interviewing Paul Revere, you could wonder about his life and job outside of being a Patriot and the events of April 18 & 19, 1775: how did you become a silversmith? where is your workshop? were you involved in the Boston Tea Party?​

​Women:

Molly Pitcher

Betsey Ross

Martha Washington

Phyllis Wheatley

Abigail Adams

Mercy Otis Warren

​New Englanders

John Adams

Samuel Adams

Dr. Joseph Warren

Henry Knox

Paul Revere

William Dawes

John Hancock

Capt. John Parker

Nathanael Greene

Dr. Samuel Prescott

Roger Sherman

Ethan Allan

Nathan Hale

Other important figures who are not women or from New England:

Ben Franklin

Alexander Hamilton

Thomas Paine

John Jay

Patrick Henry

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Marquis de Lafayette

James Madison

George Mason

Daniel Morgan

Robert Morris

Benedict Arnold

Loyalists (or Royalty!)

King George III

​General Gage

​Major Pitcairn

John Howe

Governor Hutchinson

Contact: audrey.borus@ssdsboston.orgSolomon Schechter Day School of Greater BostonNewton, MA 02459​